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...succor came disguised as a first-year seminar. What could be better than, as the coursebook promised, a semester filled with characters such as Macbeth and Hannibal Lecter, or Joe Christmas and Huck Finn? Intrigued by the eclectic reading and the nature of the work, I applied to two seminars: one examining the relationship between crime and literature, the other focusing on the writings of Twain and Faulkner...
...crucial component of the first-year seminar application is an interview, which is often given to groups of two or three. I had expected 20 minutes of torment and stress underneath intense scrutiny from professors whose academic repertoire and expertise would read like the hefty course catalog in my backpack. I would be yet another illiterate ingrate in their retinue. But professors here did not prove as frightening as I had imagined they would...
...course catalog lists 70 first-year seminars for 1997-1998. With an approximate enrollment of 12 per seminar, this means that the Freshman Dean's Office (FDO) can only accommodate about 25 percent of the Class of 2001. Despite the work done by the FDO to maintain this program, it still cannot serve all first-years. The College should work to facilitate the FDO's work by funding increased numbers of first-year seminars...
...seminars hold an ill-defined place in the undergraduate curriculum. A first-year seminar is an elective. With fewer than eight electives to spare over four years, many first-years see initial course selection as a "better safe than sorry" prospect and therefore choose to take Core courses that fulfill a requirement. Department chairs and the Core Committee should consider accepting seminars for credit...
First-year seminars are not the only places for first-years to develop relationships with fellow students and professors. Sections and smaller classes also demand the academic responsibility that I had hoped to live without. The first-year seminar program offers unique opportunities, ones which should be improved and made available to all first-years...